Today In Wyoming's History

1767   Hugo Oconór became ad interim governor of the Spanish Mexican province of Texas.  Attribution:  On This Day. 1865  Ft. Connor es...

1842  John C. Fremont's raft capsizes in the rapids in what is now Fremont Canyon, dumping most of his party's scientific instrument...

1806 Meriwether Lewis is accidentally shot in the hip by one of his own men. 1865  Gen. Patrick Connor established Camp Conner in the Po...

1866 Colonel Henry B. Carrington leaves Fort Reno for Piney Creek to select the site for what became Ft. Phil Kearny .  Attribution:  On ...

1848   Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo acknowledging the acquisition of Texas and New Mexico by the United States, which in...

1868 Negotiations at Ft. Laramie commence with the goal of ending Red Cloud's War. 1903   Governor De Forest Richards died in offic...

1845   Mexico dropped diplomatic relations with US. 1846   US troops move onto the left bank of the Rio Grande River. 1865   The Distric...

1836  Texas declared independence from Mexico. 1836  The city of Wyoming Illinois founded by General Samuel Thomas. 1861  Congress ...